Hi all!
I come from a critical access icu and er. We live in a big college town and get a fair amount of dangerously combative pts and psych pts. Our icu is the only observation unit so all the psych holds are admitted there. We generally only have two small female nurses and a female aide. They admit pts that require 8 people to take them down and send them to us. I'm working on a safety initiative and trying to find out what works for other hospitals in regards to safety with these pts. Do you staff a police officer at bedside? I know a lot are brought in by the police here. I would like to hear the way you deal with these dangerous situations.